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The Air Monitors Agent is a data loading agent available in EQuIS Live for obtaining data from Air Monitors.

 

Adding Station

 

Before using the Air Monitors Agent, add one or more stations to the DT_LOGGER table:

1.Execute the equis.get_ids stored procedure to get a new LOGGER_ID or add the station (DT_LOGGER row) in EQuIS Professional.

2.Set LIVE_DATA_SOURCE to airmonitors.

3.Set LOGGER_CODE to a station's UniqueId (go to https://api.airmonitors.net/3.5/GET/[AccountId]/[LicenceKey]/stations to get a list of stations that you have access to, where for example [AccountId] = 123456-C and [LicenceKey] = 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234).

4.Set CUSTOM_FIELD_1 to an encrypted AccountId. Please contact EarthSoft Support to encrypt your AccountId.

5.Set CUSTOM_FIELD_2 to an encrypted LicenceKey. Please contactEarthSoft Support to encrypt your LicenceKey.

6.Set STATUS_FLAG to 'A' to activate the logger.

 

Remapping

 

Before using the Air Monitors Agent or Historical Data Loader, the units and flags (used to be "status") must be added to the RT_REMAP and RT_REMAP_DETAIL database tables (see this SQL example). The units and flags are specific to an AccountId, and therefore, should be replaced with units and flags specific to your AccountId(s). A complete list of units and flags can be obtained for an AccountId by going to https://api.airmonitors.net/3.5/GET/[AccountId]/[LicenceKey]/units and https://api.airmonitors.net/3.5/GET/[AccountId]/[LicenceKey]/flags, where, for example, [AccountId] = 123456-C and [LicenceKey] = 1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234.

 

After the units and flags have been added to the RT_REMAP and RT_REMAP_DETAIL tables, and the Air Monitors Agent or Historical Data Loader is run, the remapped units will be added to RT_UNIT.UNIT_CODE and DT_LOGGER_SERIES.SERIES_UNIT (when a new series is added), and the flags will be added to the DT_LOGGER_DATUM.DATUM_QUALIFIER (when new datum is added).

 

 

Loading Data

 

The Air Monitors Agent or Historical Data Loader can be run as a scheduled EQuIS Information Agent (EIA), at the desired frequency, to automatically load data as often as needed.

 

The Air Monitors Agent or Historical Data Loader can also be run in EQuIS Professional or Enterprise (using the EZView widget) to load the data manually, without having to schedule an EIA.

 

The Air Monitors Agent will load data for all loggers with LIVE_DATA_SOURCE set to airmonitors. The agent will request data from the logger's most recent date (in DT_LOGGER_DATUM.DATUM_UTC_DT) until today's date. If a logger does not have any values, the agent will get values for the past day.

 

The Air Monitors Historical Data Loader allows for the selection of the loggers, date range, and whether or not to update existing values.

 

The Air Monitors Agent and Historical Data Loader adds a DT_LOGGER_SERIES for each of a station's parameters (e.g., the parameter with SERIES_NAME = NO2 (Parts Per Billion)). A series can then be activated or deactivated, by setting its STATUS_FLAG = "A" or "R", to start or stop (respectively) obtaining data for it. A series' SERIES_DESC and SERIES_UNIT may be changed, but not the SERIES_NAME; it uniquely identifies the series using the SensorLabel and UnitName from the Air Monitors API.